Posted on 06/09/2015 5:29:28 PM PDT by mfreddy
Is it just me, or are others dealing with pop up ads that make it impossible to navigate the page? I thought this was the purpose of the quarterly fundraiser, to make these ads not necessary.
I don’t get any pop up ads. That is because my whozits is not connected to my whatzits. If you disconnect the ads will surely go away. But maybe not.
Install Chrome or Firefox, or both, and see if you get ads on those browsers.
Whilst curing my client's computer, I had them shift over to Firefox, while I figured out the Chrome problem.
I haven't used the current versions of IE, but I'll check for your problem. Remember the expression: "You aren't the first person with this problem."
People sometimes think that they're alone in the vast sea of Computing in a small rowboat. It's generally not true. :)
They may have just ended a quarterly fund-raiser but a new one is about to begin. Let's everybody give some money ahead of time to keep the pop-up ads away. Or at bay.
In internet explorer settings? sorry, like I said above, no expert here.
Those ads are not coming from FR. You may have a browser hijacker.
A great idea.
Let us promote it.
Is this for IE/Win 8.1, JAKraig? I see that IE/Win 8.1 has add-ons, but am unclear about the extensions.
Typically, I advise people NOT to use IE, but some work-related stuff or frequently-used sites require it, and some people were weaned on it, and are uncomfortable with other browsers.
I suppose I'll have to investigate the newest incarnation(s).
That brings up an interesting observation:
There were practically no ads during the dial-up days. As soon as companies realized that many people had, at least, DSL and cable then the ads have been everywhere!
I, too, have found it impossible to navigate some links so that I simply “X” them off.....never to visit that page again and whisper dirty words to the person who designed the page. ;-)
You have a virus. Or worse, a rootkit.
Oh, come on, Laz - a rootkit?
It's just scumware, probably loaded into IE's extensions.
I saw a new scumware method a couple of weeks ago.
It loaded itself into Chrome's extensions, and when you removed it, it loaded ANOTHER extension, with similar properties (DANGER!!! Microsoft has detected REAL BAD STUFF on your computer! Call this weird 818 number!) but a DIFFERENT name.
The third time, I tracked it down to its own little folder in ProgramData (Win 8.1), uninstalled Chrome excised the ProgramData folder, and got a couple of mentions in the registry.
I re-installed Chrome, and we were good to go.
The persistence was interesting.
Did you contribute to the freepathon...?
Adblock plus isn’t a security program, and it doesn’t clash, it just blocks some ads.
The clash problem is running more than one anti-virus, or more than on firewall.
Your superantispyware and malwarebytes won’t clash either, because for one thing, you are using the free versions, which only come on when you manually update them and do a manual scan, they don’t run on their own, unless paid for.
Open your malwarebytes, and click on scan, it will automatically update, and then do a quick scan, when your computer is going to be on for a couple of hours do a deeper scan by clicking on the scan button and click on “custom” scan, then the “configure” button, and check everything, including “rootkit”, then start the scan.
That deep scan is much slower, but you can use your computer while it scans, and it really digs into the system.
No pop up ads here.................
You have either visited a website that has adware of you downloaded something that contained adware.
The normal antivirus programs normally cannot remove it. You may have to load a copy of the original image of your computer to get rid of it.
I know, after one of my computers crashed I was not paying attention and loaded Google Chrome from what I thought was a Google website but it was close to Google but not Google. I ended up having to completely strip and reload new programs back into my computer.
To give you a little insight to adware...the ads pop up and the more you close them the more pop up. I bet that is what is happening to you.
I had the rootkit from hell, it did a browser redirect. I spent a FULL WEEK trying to remove it. I even re-imaged my computer from factory discs, and BAM, in a day, it would be back.
It was a very sophisticated rootkit that actually sought out peripherals and installed itself with a firmware rewrite. Brilliantly diabolical.
I factory flashed the router, did another re-image, and it was finally gone.
I did not. Does that mean I’m not welcome?
Geez, Laz - that was The Nasty! Peripherals, eh?
This thing in Chrome wasn't a browser redirect - it was "coupon" extensions, which the user of course hadn't requested.
Think it was a drive-by.
You seem to be blaming everyone but yourself.
LOLOL
I asked a question and received a lot of good advice. There are a lot of good people on here, and a few just wanting to stir it up.
Thanks for your valuable contribution to this thread.....
mfreddy wrote: "No new programs since a printer driver in February. I’m starting to think super antispyware isn’t up to the job."
Hey, I just dealt with something that had these same symptoms. No new installs, yet still it lived, with its own little ProgramData folder.
No spyware software was necessary to deal with the problem. I myself don't bother with spyware software, since I can usually spot an intruder running in background.
BTW - Windows 10 has got its own little program running in background on Win 8.1 - the KB3035583 update for Windows 7/8.1 systems - GWX*.exe files.
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